Diabetes Initiative
December 1, 2012 | Report
This program was a 30-month, multi-site initiative to improve diabetes self-management and to determine whether self-management principles could be implemented effectively in real-world settings.
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Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
Ten hospitals throughout the country joined a collaborative learning network, developed strategies to improve the quality and accessibility of their language services, and tested them using five standardized performance improvement measures.
Physical Activity Levels Among Participants in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes Initiative
June 20, 2009 | Journal Article
The Diabetes Initiative was a self-management initiative conducted in real-world settings for individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Trends in Diabetes Prevalence and Diabetes- Related Complications in Older Mexican Americans from 1993-1994 to 2004-2005
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines changes in the prevalence of diabetes in Mexican Americans aged 75 and older since the early 1990s. Mexican Americans have higher rates of diabetes than non-Hispanic White Americans but little is known about older Mexican Americans with diabetes.
The Diabetes Initiative
April 19, 2010 | Program Result
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.
The Influence of Depressive Symptoms on Clinician-Patient Communication Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study investigated whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression report worse communication with their physicians than their counterparts without depressive symptoms and which domains of communication seem most affected.
Giving All Latinos the Same Diabetes Care May Mean Inappropriate Treatment for Some
November 11, 2008 | Program Result
South Carolina College of Medicine analyzed national survey data to understand differences in the quality of diabetes care and the impact of acculturation among three Latino subgroups in the U.S. and for Latinos in general.
Family Support Can Hurt, Not Help Diabetes Patients in Maine Workshop, Researchers Find
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Maine Medical Center found that diabetes patients who had family members participate with them in a six-week chronic disease self-management group did not improve their blood sugar control, contrary to expectations.
No Quality Differences in Medicare Diabetes Care: Managed Care or Fee-for-Service
October 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine tested whether growth in the market penetration of managed care organizations and the incentives they use to control costs have a spillover effect on the health care received by Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
Measuring how Well Doctors Care for Patients with Diabetes
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
Tufts University School of Medicine tested physician-level measures of quality of care for patients with diabetes using a database from a previous study of ambulatory care quality for Medicare beneficiaries.